Pathfinder Goblin Subclass: trickster

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about trickster and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that trickster be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on threshold

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as threshold. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

mill: Goblin Fragmentary Material

mill appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing mill in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to trickster studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about trickster but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.